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That's similar to the way Windows licensing has historically worked.
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The software license is permanently assigned to the device on which the software is initially activated. The terms for OEM and Product Key Card copies, however, include this language: The Retail License Terms, which apply to boxed (aka "Full Package Product") software, include the ability to transfer licenses. The license agreements for the retail editions of Office 2010 (Home & Student, Home & Business, and Professional) include three separate sets of terms.

Update: As my ZDNet UK colleague Mary Branscombe points out, some versions of Office 2010 include a comparable restriction. You may transfer the software directly to a third party only as installed on the licensed computer, with the Certificate of Authenticity label and this agreement.” That’s a change from the license terms of previous Office retail versions, which entitled you to reassign licenses between devices you own, as long as you do so no more than every 90 days. The new license agreement contains identical language for all three retail editions: “ Can I transfer the software to another computer or user? You may not transfer the software to another computer or user.
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In some editions of previous Office releases, Microsoft included the right to install the software on two or three PCs.

Last September, “Sticking with ‘traditional’ software will cost you dearly.” As I pointed out when I did the math on Office subscriptions
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If you buy a new PC with a trial version of Office 2013 preinstalled and enter a product key, you get a similar result.īut Microsoft really doesn’t want to sell you that perpetual license.
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The underlying technology is the same enterprise-grade code that powers application virtualization (App-V) on corporate networks. The Office programs you end up with-Word, Excel, Outlook, and so on-look and act just like conventional Windows desktop programs, but they’re actually running in a virtualized environment, allowing them to be updated automatically, without requiring that you use Windows Update. That kicks off the online installer, which streams the setup files to your PC using a process called Click-to-Run. In either case, you have to go to /setup, where you’ll see this prompt: If you buy a boxed copy of Office 2013 from a retailer, you get a product key on a card. If you purchase a single-user copy of Office 2013 from an online reseller (including the Microsoft Store) you get a product key code.
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You can’t even download offline installer files for the three retail editions of Office: Home and Student, Home and Business, and Professional. You can no longer buy Office, Microsoft’s flagship product, on removable media. The subscription-based offerings of Office 365 are just a hint of what’s to come. Azure is moving entire server farms into the cloud. Office 365 services are fundamental to Office 2013. Microsoft has thrown massive amounts of resources at the task of integrating cloud-based services into its flagship products. “Services are the cornerstone of Microsoft’s strategy,” I noted at the time. Microsoft is in the process of a dramatic transition in its core business, one that I first noted last summer

